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Chinese armies and railway men tore up their railway to prevent the Japanese from using them. Then the railway men carried away the steel rails and girders and welded them into big swords for soldiers and guerrillas to fight the

Chinese armies and railway men tore up their railway to prevent the Japanese from using them. Then the railway men carried away the steel rails and girders and welded them into big swords for soldiers and guerrillas to fight the enemy. This is a Chinese railway worker, member of a group of 60 railway workers who banded together to form a cooperative. They use blacksmith forges and bellows to melt and weld the steel rails. then hammer them into swords for use against the enemy.
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    • Railway Worker
    Contributors
    • Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
    Date Created
    1937 to 1940
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